What is the Word Counter?
The Word Counter gives you live counts as you type or paste: words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and lines. It is useful for essays and assignments with a word limit, blog posts, SEO meta descriptions and social media captions.
It also estimates how long your text takes to read and to speak aloud, and shows the words you use most often. It counts Hindi, Gujarati and other Indian languages correctly, and your text is saved only in your own browser.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the box.
- Counts update instantly as you write.
- Check the limit bars to see if your text fits a tweet, a meta description or an Instagram caption.
- Use Top words to spot words you repeat too often.
Example
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Words: 12 Characters: 61 Sentences: 2 Reading time: 3 sec
Features
- Live counts. Words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and lines.
- Reading and speaking time. Based on 238 words per minute for reading and 150 for speaking.
- Limit bars. See at a glance whether your text fits X (Twitter), a meta description, an SMS or an Instagram caption.
- Keyword density. The words you use most, with how often they appear.
- Indian languages. Counts words in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil and other scripts correctly.
- Autosave. Your text is kept in this browser, so a refresh does not lose it. It is never uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
How are words counted?
A word is a run of letters or numbers. Hyphenated words like “well-known” and contractions like “it’s” count as one word. Punctuation and symbols on their own are not counted.
Does it count spaces as characters?
The Characters figure includes spaces and line breaks. Characters (no spaces) leaves out all whitespace. Emoji and accented letters count as one character each.
How is reading time calculated?
Reading time assumes an average adult reads 238 words per minute silently. Speaking time assumes about 150 words per minute, a typical pace for presentations.
Is my text saved or uploaded?
Your text is saved only in your own browser so it survives a page refresh. It is never sent to our servers. Click Clear to remove it.
Does it work for Hindi and Gujarati?
Yes. Words in Indian scripts, including vowel signs and conjuncts, are counted correctly, and the । full stop ends a sentence.
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